I am wanting to try infrared B&W portraits in studio with flash using Kodak infrared film. Has anyone had success with this. What ISO do you use with this film when doing portraits and what are the best filters to use. Thanks

-- Garth FOWLER (gdf@ampsc.com), February 13, 1998

Answers

I would recommend that you go to this web page, which has lots of information about use of infrared film:

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm

There is an infrared FAQ at this page:

http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/FAQ_IR.html

Also, there is an infrared mailing list, and information about the list is available through the first web page above.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeffs@hyperreal.org), February 13, 1998.

Garth: Kodak B&W infrared (HIE) works well in the studio for portraiture. I would suggest using No filter, to avoid getting dark eye sockets, which is normally not wanted and/or undesirable. I rate HIE at 320, w/o filter. And it is unnecessary to adjust focus if you are at least 4ft. away from the subject, and shooting at f8 or smaller. Try processing in D76 (not 1:1) for 11 min. @68F. When printing, use about 70-80% of your available magenta (and for females, I would suggest using a moving piece of cellophane under the lens for about 2/3 of the time). Mike

-- Mike W. (mbworld@adan.kingston.net), February 14, 1998.

If you are using a SLR with a lens that does not have an IR focusing mark, follow this procedure: turn the focusing ring on your lens to the closest focusing distance, and turn to where you just achieve focus on the subject. I read this advice, I believe, in the Kodak literature.

-- Eilert Anders (eilert@dav.com), March 05, 1998.

Large format Infrared

Is anyone shooting 4x5 infrared film? If so, how do you adjust the focus?

-- Ron McElroy (rnrmcelroy@aol.com), March 07, 1998.